The 2026 PGA Championship takes place May 11-17 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, one of golf's four major championships and the second major of the calendar year. Aronimink is a Donald Ross-designed course dating to 1928, known for its parkland layout, demanding greens, and long history as one of the most respected clubs in American golf.
The field includes the world's top professional golfers competing for the Wanamaker Trophy across four rounds of stroke play. Practice rounds begin Monday May 11; a 36-hole cut happens after Friday's second round; weekend rounds on May 16-17 decide the champion.
Spectator tickets are available at pgachampionship.com with daily grounds tickets and weekly badges offering different levels of access. Aronimink is about 20 minutes from Philadelphia International Airport. For SoCal fans who cannot make the trip to Pennsylvania, watch parties and sports bars throughout the region will carry live coverage across all four rounds.
May 15 – May 17, 2026
Town and Country Resort, 500 Hotel…
SD Comic Fest is San Diego's answer to the San Diego Comic-Con overflow — a grassroots fan convention held in the spring that brings together the collector, creator, and fan communities that SDCC serves but in a more intimate, accessible format that specifically celebrates the print comics, vintage collecting, and creator culture that defined pre-corporate convention culture.
Comic Fest focuses deliberately on what made comics conventions exciting before they became entertainment industry marketing events: original art dealers, back issue sellers, independent comic book creators at tables selling and signing their work, panel discussions about comics history and craft, and a collecting community that considers itself custodians of an art form. Cosplay is present but not the focal point.
The vendor room at Comic Fest is a genuine market for original comic art pages, silver and bronze age books at fair prices, Golden Age finds, and small press publications from independent creators who wouldn't command a presence at SDCC's massive floor. This is where a collector who loves comics as objects — drawn pages, printed paper, the specific history of the medium — finds things they can't find anywhere else.
SD Comic Fest typically runs in late April or early May in San Diego at the Town and Country Resort or similar event venue. The convention is all-ages and admission is charged at the door, with weekend passes available. Check the SD Comic Fest website for the confirmed 2026 dates and venue closer to the event.
San Diego FC welcome FC Cincinnati to Snapdragon Stadium on May 16 — an Eastern Conference visitor who carries genuine silverware ambitions and a well-organized identity. These midweek MLS home matches carry a particular energy: weeknight kickoffs at Snapdragon draw a crowd that knows where they want to be on a Friday evening, and they arrive ready. FC Cincinnati has grown into one of the league's most interesting clubs, with a supporter culture that travels and creates noise in every away stadium they visit. San Diego answers in kind — the rooftop terrace, the east lower bowl, the northwest corner where the most vocal home support congregates. San Diego FC are in their second year, which means the first novelty has settled and the real work of building a club identity is underway. The fans who showed up in year one now understand what game weeks look like here. May 16 at Snapdragon is a Friday evening in San Diego spent exactly as it should be. San Diego FC's first MLS season is building a supporter culture in real time — the stadium atmosphere at Snapdragon grows with each home result as the fan community finds its language. Weeknight kickoffs draw the core supporters, the people who planned around it. Snapdragon Stadium at SDSU — parking on-site and via the Green Line trolley to the Aztec stadium stop. The supporter section is south end. It is getting louder.
San Diego Wave FC host their May 15 NWSL home match at Snapdragon Stadium — a mid-May Friday evening in Mission Valley that represents one of the most genuinely enjoyable live sports evenings in San Diego. The Wave play a technically demanding, pressing style that creates chances in sustained waves and tests opposing defenses for 90 minutes without relenting. Snapdragon's bowl holds 35,000 and on Friday evenings the lower deck fills with a crowd that has grown markedly more knowledgeable about the sport over the club's three seasons. NWSL football in San Diego plays at a level of technical quality that surprises first-timers — the pace, the pressing intensity, and the individual quality in each lineup are genuinely comparable to mid-table European leagues. The Wave are not mid-table anything. May 15 at Snapdragon is an easy decision.
Giants-Dodgers is the oldest rivalry in American professional sports. The history in the room is real.
Dodger Stadium sits above Chavez Ravine with the San Gabriel Mountains framing the outfield and 56,000 seats that fill up for a reason. The Dodgers have been the cultural heartbeat of Los Angeles for decades, and a night at the Stadium is one of the few places in the city where strangers genuinely talk to each other.
Gates open two hours before first pitch, which matters. Batting practice at Dodger Stadium is worth arriving early for — players are accessible, the park is quiet, and the light across the infield is different before the crowd fills in. Dodger Dogs have been a point of pride and debate since 1962. The loaded nachos are not a lesser option. The third-base pavilion gets loud faster than anywhere else in the park.
The fan base is multi-generational and genuinely diverse — Koreatown, East LA, the Valley, and transplants from every other MLB city all show up. What ties it together is that most people who love the Dodgers really love the Dodgers. Division rivals bring out the loudest crowds. Night games in summer are the best version of LA.
Parking on-site is $35 (cash and card). Rideshare drop-off at the Elysian Park Ave gate is the cleaner move on a sell-out night. The Dodger Stadium Express runs from Union Station — $8 round trip, no traffic, no parking.
2025 World Champions Gold Jersey giveaway to the first 40,000 fans.
Giants-Dodgers is the oldest rivalry in American professional sports. The history in the room is real.
Dodger Stadium sits above Chavez Ravine with the San Gabriel Mountains framing the outfield and 56,000 seats that fill up for a reason. The Dodgers have been the cultural heartbeat of Los Angeles for decades, and a night at the Stadium is one of the few places in the city where strangers genuinely talk to each other.
Gates open two hours before first pitch, which matters. Batting practice at Dodger Stadium is worth arriving early for — players are accessible, the park is quiet, and the light across the infield is different before the crowd fills in. Dodger Dogs have been a point of pride and debate since 1962. The loaded nachos are not a lesser option. The third-base pavilion gets loud faster than anywhere else in the park.
The fan base is multi-generational and genuinely diverse — Koreatown, East LA, the Valley, and transplants from every other MLB city all show up. What ties it together is that most people who love the Dodgers really love the Dodgers. Division rivals bring out the loudest crowds. Night games in summer are the best version of LA.
Parking on-site is $35 (cash and card). Rideshare drop-off at the Elysian Park Ave gate is the cleaner move on a sell-out night. The Dodger Stadium Express runs from Union Station — $8 round trip, no traffic, no parking.
San Diego FC host Austin FC at Snapdragon Stadium on May 13 — the club's first full MLS season underway and Snapdragon's Mission Valley bowl already establishing itself as one of the league's better atmospheres for a home match. San Diego FC arrived in 2025 with a mission and an identity that felt fully formed from the start: a club built for San Diego's personality — irreverent, passionate, coastal, and entirely serious about winning. Austin FC is the kind of opponent that brings out the best in home crowds, a well-supported club with an organized press and genuine quality throughout. May in San Diego means perfect soccer weather — the marine layer gone by evening, the Snapdragon bowl holding the noise from a sold-out lower deck, the Mission Hills skyline catching the last light behind the east stand. San Diego has been waiting for a top-flight professional soccer team for decades. Snapdragon on a mid-May evening, with the Western Conference table still forming, is exactly what that wait was for.
Ice Cube Lowrider Bobblehead giveaway to the first 40,000 fans through the gates.
Giants-Dodgers is the oldest rivalry in American professional sports. The history in the room is real.
Dodger Stadium sits above Chavez Ravine with the San Gabriel Mountains framing the outfield and 56,000 seats that fill up for a reason. The Dodgers have been the cultural heartbeat of Los Angeles for decades, and a night at the Stadium is one of the few places in the city where strangers genuinely talk to each other.
Gates open two hours before first pitch, which matters. Batting practice at Dodger Stadium is worth arriving early for — players are accessible, the park is quiet, and the light across the infield is different before the crowd fills in. Dodger Dogs have been a point of pride and debate since 1962. The loaded nachos are not a lesser option. The third-base pavilion gets loud faster than anywhere else in the park.
The fan base is multi-generational and genuinely diverse — Koreatown, East LA, the Valley, and transplants from every other MLB city all show up. What ties it together is that most people who love the Dodgers really love the Dodgers. Division rivals bring out the loudest crowds. Night games in summer are the best version of LA.
Parking on-site is $35 (cash and card). Rideshare drop-off at the Elysian Park Ave gate is the cleaner move on a sell-out night. The Dodger Stadium Express runs from Union Station — $8 round trip, no traffic, no parking.
GameSync runs a monthly tabletop open alongside their esports events. Bring your own game or borrow from the library of 500+ titles. Board game demos from local publishers. Speed chess side event. No registration required — show up and find a table.
The St. Louis Cardinals arrive at Petco Park on May 7 carrying one of baseball's deepest traditions — eleven World Series titles, a fan base that treats baseball as civic identity, and a roster that competes every year regardless of the circumstances. A Cardinals series at Petco in May is the kind of early-season test that defines what a Padres year is going to look like — quality opposition, a significant away following in the stands, and a home crowd that responds by being louder and more present than usual. Petco Park in early May has one of the best views in baseball: the Coronado Bridge faint on the horizon, the bay beyond the right-field wall, the city entirely present even as the game takes over the foreground. Cardinals vs Padres is the National League East vs West rivalry in its most formal traditional clothes. Show up early.
Lucha libre wrestling and burlesque in downtown Los Angeles. Founded in 2002, Lucha VaVOOM is the show that operates in its own genre — masked wrestlers, aerial acts, Guinness record-holding hula hoopers, and burlesque performers from around the world, all in one night at the Regent Theater. Rita's version has moved here from the Mayan. Twenty-one and over. Doors at 8. Saturday night. Forty-one dollars and up. This is the show people describe to friends who have never heard of it and then drag them to immediately.
There is a specific quality to early-season Galaxy home matches at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson that late-season play cannot replicate — the table is still wide open, every point carries outsized weight, and the crowd arrives with the particular energy of people who spent the offseason waiting. On May 2, the Galaxy open their home stretch against Vancouver Whitecaps, a Pacific Northwest club with a well-organized style and a loyal away section that will make noise. But Dignity Health Sports Park has a way of absorbing visiting energy and converting it: the sightlines are intimate for a professional soccer stadium, the pitch is fast, and the home supporters close enough to the touchline that they are felt by the players. The Galaxy spent this offseason with intentions — this is a club that believes it can win MLS Cup and will play with that conviction from the opening whistle of every home match. Southern California soccer has been ascending for a decade, and the Galaxy are still its marquee attraction. Arrive at dusk. Watch the sky over Carson go dark while the stadium lights take over. There are worse ways to spend a Saturday.
May 1 – May 2, 2026
From $25
2601 Murphy Canyon Rd, San Diego, …
San Diego FC — the city's MLS expansion club, playing at Snapdragon Stadium. Year 2 of the best new team story in American soccer. The supporter sections are loud, the atmosphere is electric, and San Diego finally has top-flight soccer. Come be part of the foundation of something that'll matter for decades.
Tonight's match: San Diego FC vs. LAFC. California Cup.
May 1 – May 2, 2026
Soboba Casino Resort, 23333 Soboba…
King of the Cage returns to Soboba Casino Resort for a full MMA fight card fifteen minutes from Murrieta. Eight to ten bouts across all weight classes, from regional up-and-comers to ranked contenders angling for a shot at the belt. Soboba's intimate arena puts you close enough to hear the corner. Tickets at kotcfighting.com — confirm exact date and card when announced. This is where SoCal fighters get found.
Three people stand up and talk about the thing they are most obsessed with. Past topics: why mantis shrimp see colors humans can't, the hidden economics of professional wrestling, deep-sea bioluminescence, and the Soviet space dog program. Bar open the whole time. 7PM, $5–$8 at the door. Kensington Club. One of SD's best-kept secrets.
The Chicago Cubs come to Petco Park starting April 27 in one of the most historically weighted pairings in the National League. The Cubs travel with one of baseball's largest and most vocal fan bases — there will be Cub blue in the left-field bleachers and along the first-base line before the first pitch is thrown, a reliable feature of any Chicago visit to any National League park. But Petco Park in April is one of the most beautiful baseball environments in the major leagues: the views from the upper deck toward the bay, the Gaslamp Quarter skyline visible over the left-field wall, and the Padres faithful showing a visiting crowd exactly what San Diego baseball looks like when the team is playing with purpose. April against the Cubs at Petco is not a casual visit — it is a reminder that the National League West intends to make its presence felt against a storied franchise.
April 26 opens Angel City FC's home calendar at BMO Stadium in South Los Angeles — one of the most eagerly anticipated events in Los Angeles women's sports. Angel City FC launched in 2022 with the most media-visible founding group in women's professional sports history and immediately matched the hype with a product on the field and an atmosphere in the stands that established BMO Stadium as the NWSL's highest-attendance venue. The April home opener draws the club's most invested supporter base alongside the casual fans who make one or two trips per year and choose the first home match for the atmosphere. BMO Stadium under lights in April, with the downtown LA skyline visible beyond the east stand, is one of the better live sports settings in the entire city.
Apr 26, 2026
$40
41789 Nicole Lane Ste B6, Temecula…
Sunflowers on a wine bottle. Two hours with a brush at Pinot's Palette in Temecula, and you leave with a centerpiece. Sunday afternoon. Instructor-led. They have a full wine bar.
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